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Newscaster of the Year

2006 - Your Votes (December 2006)

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MW
Mike W
BEST NEWS CASTER: NICK OWEN * 1000
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Ah, the return of the Newscaster of the Year thread! Fantastic!

Newscaster of the Year: Bill Turnbull
News Programme of the Year: Ten O'Clock News (BBC One)
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Kate Silverton
Hard as Nails: Orla Guerin
Most Improved Performance: Huw Edwards
TV News Moment of the Year: A bit of a cliche I know, but it has to be Guy Goma on News 24!
CO
couch_potato
Newscaster of the Year: Kate Silverton
News Programme of the Year: BBC Breakfast
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Tony Campion
Hard as Nails: Orla Guerin
Most Improved Performance: Karin Giannone
TV News Moment of the Year: Joanna Gosling, you are watching News 24 with me, Joanna Gosling and err, sorry whats your name - Julian Worricker yes, I'm so sorry. So random but funny.
BR
Brekkie
Newscaster of the Year: Krishnan Guru Murphy
News Programme of the Year: Channel 4 News
News Channel of the Year: Sky News (minus James Ruben) before they undid the revamp!
Rising Star: Sarah Smith
Hard as Nails: Bill Neely
Most Improved Performance: Geraint Vincent
TV News Moment of the Year: Al Jazerra launch
GM
GMc
Newscaster of the Year: Nicholas Owen
News Programme of the Year: ITV News at 10.30
News Channel of the Year: Sky News
Rising Star: Nina Hossain
Hard as Nails: Mark Austin
Most Improved Performance: James Mates
TV News Moment of the Year: Mistaken Identity of the Taxi Driver put on air on News 24 (and Katie's scripts being pushed of the desk by little boy on The Pulse - Lunchtime News)
FE
Felek
Newscaster of the Year: mary nightingale
News Programme of the Year: itv news 6:30
News Channel of the Year: n24
Rising Star: victoria from spotlight on n24 lol
Hard as Nails: mark austin
Most Improved Performance: Gerient Vincent
TV News Moment of the Year: either mary and the man representing the army having a row or the lunchtime thing with katie and the kid, holding a kid while reading the news?!
TW
Time Warp
Newscaster of the Year: Dermot Murnaghan
News Programme of the Year: ITV Evening News
News Channel of the Year: Sky News
Rising Star: Geraint Vincent
Hard as Nails: Juliette Foster
Most Improved Performance: Anna Jones
TV News Moment of the Year: George Galloway on Sky. Christ.
JA
jamej
Newscaster of the Year: Jane Hill (Martin Stanford a close second)
News Programme of the Year: Sky News with Martin Stanford
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Manisha Tank (Always been excellent at Business - hopefully we're see more of her on News now)
Hard as Nails: Becky Anderson
Most Improved Performance: Emma Crosby (It happened just before last years relaunch but she suddenly went from pretty awful to really good and she just keeps getting better!)
TV News Moment of the Year: Launch of Storyfix/AJE
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Unsung hero: Martine Dennis (Constantly good and one of the BBC's best presenters IMO)
Best pairing: Simon McCoy & Kate Silverton
Business presenter: Manisha Tank
Sports presenter: Rebecca Lowe/Sean Fletcher (Both have started within the last year or so on News 24 and both are great)
Regional presenter: Suzanne Virdee (Has just got better and better since her role on Breakfast)
RM
Roger Mellie
Surely "Newscaster of the Year" should go to Natasha Kaplinsky? Wink
KK
Killie Kingdom
Newscaster of the Year: Jon Snow
News Programme of the Year: Channel 4 News
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24

not sure about the other catagories though . Rolling Eyes

My Own Additions :
Newscasting Legend: Nick Owen
Newsdesk Snob: Katie Derham(Posh Spice of the Newsdesk?)
Worst Makeover: Five News (it was better when it was in ITN's hands - FACT!)

SCOTTISH REGIONAL AWARDS?
Regional Newscaster: John MacKay (Scotland Today)
Runner Up: Jackie Bird (Reporting Scotland)
Regional Sportscaster: Alison Walker (Reporting Scotland)
Runner Up: Rhona MacLeod (Reporting Scotland)
Favourite Pairing: John MacKay & Louise White (Scotland Today)
Runner Up: Jackie Bird & David Henderson (Reporting Scotland)
Rising Star: Heather Simpson (Scotland Today)
Runner Up: Debbie Edward (Scotland Today)
* Best ReLaunch: Scotland Today (STV)

*It's about time Reporting Scotland had a relaunch, in fact I can't remember when the last one was? Confused
AN
Ant
Newscaster of the Year: Alistair Stewart or Nicholas Owen
News Programme of the Year: Have I Got News For You (if that counts...)
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Geraint Vincent
Hard as Nails: Jon Sopel
Most Improved Performance: Not sure. Probably James Mates if anyone.
TV News Moment of the Year: Probably Guy Coma on News 24. Or the time Tony Blair was called 'Pony Blair' during the World headlines (Audio Clip)
GM
GMc
SCOTTISH REGIONAL AWARDS...(thought I'd do this as well KK Wink)

Regional Newscaster: John Mackay ( Scotland Today )
Runner Up: David Henderson ( Reporting Scotland )
Regional Sportscaster: Ewan Petrie ( Scotland Today )
Runner Up: Rhona MacLeod ( Reporting Scotland )
Favourite Pairing: John MacKay & Louise White ( Scotland Today )
Runner Up: David Henderson & Sally Magnusson ( Reporting Scotland )
Rising Star: Heather Simpson ( Scotland Today )
Runner Up: Kelly-Ann Bishop ( Scotland Today )
Best Relaunch: Scotland Today/North Tonight ( stv )

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